If the servo drive generates a current above the nominal current, the heat in the motor’s surroundings accumulates which the cooling systems will have to dissipate.

If the accumulated heat exceeds the cooling system’s capabilities, the system reaches its thermal limits and the motor or the surrounding elements can be permanently damaged.

This feature will evaluate the “overheating” status of the motor. If the motor is overheated more than the allowed limit, this feature will limit the RMS value of phase currents to protect the motor from being overheated beyond the permitted limits.

Note

This feature doesn’t directly measure the motor temperature. It is only a limiting feature which doesn’t allow the motor to overheat.

The difference between copper losses under rated conditions and overload conditions is calculated, and is used to limit phase currents in case of motor overheating.

Once the motor phase currents are higher than their rated values, the overheat calculation starts by integrating the difference between losses under rated and overload conditions.

When a current is injected that is above the nominal current, the tracking variable will rise.
If the overcurrent is less then the maximal value the peak time is extended accordingly.

Once the tracking variable reaches 100%, the calculated thermal energy storage is reached and the output current in all phases will be limited to their rated values.

When the output current has fallen below the continuous limit, the difference between the actual current and the continuous limit current will be negative and the i2t tracking variable will decrease.

When the i2t tracking variable falls to 50%, current limiting is turned off and the motor phase currents can reach higher values again.

Attention

The tracking variable in subitem 0x200A:3 has a maximum value of 250%. Values that exceed this limit are ignored. If the drive is used at values above 250%, the thermal energy in the motor is completely untracked!

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